VCOM 2016 Annual Report

Scholarships

V COM focuses more than any other medical school in the region on recruiting students who will help meet the healthcare needs of medically underserved populations. Research has shown that students with the greatest commitment to service are often those who themselves come from rural and other underserved communities and have fewer economic resources. For this reason, private support for students is crucial to the college’s ability to recruit and foster the kind of medical students who will most likely fulfill the College’s mission.

Your gift can make a difference by helping further the education of deserving VCOM medical students.

Scholarships AARP – Blacksburg Chapter Gerontology Scholarship Cornwell-Bireley Family Trust Scholarship The Per Yngve Brolinson, DO, Rural Family Medicine Scholarship Blake E. Fought Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Friends to Optometrists Scholarship Howard Levine Memorial Scholarship Patricia A. Marden Women’s Health Award Dr. Hara and Biju Misra Student Research Award

The Margaret and Jimmi Narong Palmieri Rural Health Scholarship Virginia Osteopathic Medical Association (VOMA) Scholarship Emergency Funds Dr. Jake Benner Medical Emergency Fund Dr. Stephen Blood Emergency Fund Residency Interview Travel Funds: Empress-Janeen Hughes Memorial Scholarship Fund for Pediatrics Rural Access Travel Scholarship Fund for Psychiatry – Virginia Campus For Students on International Rotations: J. Michael Bernardo Memorial Scholarship – Virginia Campus Ron Kindrick and Dean Willcox Global Outreach Scholarship – Virginia Campus Women in Global Health Travel Scholarship – Carolinas Campus Support Medical Supplies & Equipment in El Salvador: Jimmi Narong Palmieri Pediatric Room Fund Opportunities for New Scholarships: There are two scholarship types at VCOM: Annual and Endowed. Annual scholarships allow a donor to make a gift each year that is awarded in whole the following year to a student. Endowed scholarships exist in perpetuity and provide permanent support for students for a specific purpose. For more information, or to fund a new scholarship, please contact Thim Corvin or Diane Sutphin at 540-231-4000.

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